Margin of Safety
a. If Canace Company, with a break-even point at $230,400 of sales, has actual sales of $360,000, what is the margin of safety expressed (1) in dollars and (2) as a percentage of sales? Round the percentage to the nearest whole number.
1. $
2. %
b. If the margin of safety for Canace Company
was 40%, fixed costs were $1,372,800, and variable costs were 60%
of sales, what was the amount of actual sales (dollars)?
(Hint: Determine the break-even in sales dollars
first.)
$
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